Progress on Picaxe-18M2?
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westaust55
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18M2 will arrive when it arrives.
July was a forecast not a Guarantee and still 18 days of July to go . . . .
08M2 where have you heard about that.
The only references here so far, are tongue-in-cheek humour
July was a forecast not a Guarantee and still 18 days of July to go . . . .
08M2 where have you heard about that.
The only references here so far, are tongue-in-cheek humour
Logicator mentions the Picaxe-08M2 in some of their latest literature:18M2 will arrive when it arrives.
July was a forecast not a Guarantee and still 18 days of July to go . . . .
08M2 where have you heard about that.
The only references here so far, are tongue-in-cheek humour
www.rev-ed.co.uk/docs/cat_06.pdf
It's suppose to be base on Microchip's new 12F1822:
http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en544839
.. up to 32Mhz clock speed, operates on as little as 1.8 Volts, comes in 2 variants... the usual M2 stuff.
Art
lbenson
Senior Member
Quite a nice chip there, the 12F1822, with USART/SPI/I2C, etc, but still only 3.5K flash and 256 bytes EEPROM, the same as the 08M's PIC12F683, so no apparent relief for the 08M's biggest drawback--lack of program space. I'd love to hear otherwise.
Ah ... a proposed 14M2. That would be very nice if it had additional program memory relative to the 14M.
Ah ... a proposed 14M2. That would be very nice if it had additional program memory relative to the 14M.
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Any plans for an updated 8-pin Picaxe then?
I love the 08M! Best BASIC language micro on the market.
Most of my projects use an 08M somewhere. Even when it is not the main controller. They are so small and cheap that you can use them for anything. The ONLY drawback, IMHO, is the program memory space.
I vote for an 08M2 also.
Dave E
Most of my projects use an 08M somewhere. Even when it is not the main controller. They are so small and cheap that you can use them for anything. The ONLY drawback, IMHO, is the program memory space.
I vote for an 08M2 also.
Dave E
Plus, those 9 pins provide up to 40 individually programmable I/O's! Oh, and it runs directly on sunlight.Yeah, there's a new one in about 3 weeks.
100k code space, 2 usarts , 16bit ADC, RTC, built-in 2.4GHz RF . Runs at 128MHz using a ds core and uses 1 uA. Oh, and it has 9 pins and writes the code for you.
It's called the PIC-WHY-CAN'T-U-JUST-WAIT-LIKE-EVERYONE-ELSE-AXE.
It's ready for production right now with the exception of one little tiny bug - it keeps saying "I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that." But 3 weeks oughta allow time to fix that. We hope.
Well I guess I can cut one pin off.
Good! Parallel tasking too?Yeah, there's a new one in about 3 weeks.
100k code space, 2 usarts , 16bit ADC, RTC, built-in 2.4GHz RF . Runs at 128MHz using a ds core and uses 1 uA. Oh, and it has 9 pins and writes the code for you.
It's called the PIC-WHY-CAN'T-U-JUST-WAIT-LIKE-EVERYONE-ELSE-AXE.
Oh, and I want a new RCTIME command for capacitive sensors.
16-bit and 32-bit Picaxes? It's time to take the high ground!!
westaust55
Moderator
IO Options for the 02M2 are:The 02M2 is going to be the real challenge but it could be done. Microchip may one day produce suitable silicon. The download interface would almost certainly have to change
1. reed switch across the 2 pins and the user uses a magnet
or
2. parasitically powered with programming and slave device control all via the Dallas/Maxim 1-Wire comms scheme
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BeanieBots
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With what objective in mind? Faster downloading?
Sunlight?! SUNLIGHT?!?! What am I going to do with all this pixie dust I harvested?
fritz42_male
Senior Member
Ahhhhh binary programming - wave the magnet back and fro to enter the individual bits of each byte of programming!IO Options for the 02M2 are:
1. reed switch across the 2 pins and the user uses a magnet
or
2. parasitically powered with programming and slave device control all via the Dallas/Maxim 1-Wire comms scheme
Reminds me of the good ol' days of bootstrapping a PDP8 by toggling switches one by one!
One of our guys could enter the bootstrap from memory!
Rickharris
Senior Member
The ICL system 4 and te later PDP 8's I worked on had manual entry of the initial bootstrap so it could read the disc. Most of the engineers used to do it from memory - On the system 4 with it's 32 bit work it was somewhat like playing the piano. It just got drilled into your muscle memory without the need for concious though.
inglewoodpete
Senior Member
Tuck it away and do your homework, Dippy.
Back to dreaming about an 08M2. The self-write flash on the PIC12F1822 (an 8-pin PIC) is a step in the right direction. However, as mentioned previously, the 3.5kB flash is a bit of a limitation. This is no change to the 08M which, I understand, is largely used up already.
I expect the 18M2 will get here when it gets here - if not sooner!
And I live just a few miles from Sparkfun - so I hope they get in a batch right off. I'll park right out front of their office and be the first in line for an 18M2 - almost as if it were a new Windoze release!
And I live just a few miles from Sparkfun - so I hope they get in a batch right off. I'll park right out front of their office and be the first in line for an 18M2 - almost as if it were a new Windoze release!
fritz42_male
Senior Member
Never touched a System 4 - just a 1903T
On the down side, I had one of the first SInclair ZX80 kits - serial number 000012
Built it, got bored with it after 6 weeks and sold it. Wonder what it would be worth now?
westaust55
Moderator
That would be my presumption also.
fritz42_male
Senior Member
Well someone please tell them to get their A into G - I want to place an order!
donrecardo
Senior Member
I sent an email to www.techsupplies.co.uk last week to ask if there was any more news and the reply was they expect to have them ready by the end of next week
Don
Don
I don't ask how they're coming as I don't want them to waste even a moment of their valuable development time on answering questions. I need chips as soon as possible that do most everything as simply as possible in order for me to maintain my mystique as a technical genius in front of my neighbors.I sent an email to www.techsupplies.co.uk last week to ask if there was any more news and the reply was they expect to have them ready by the end of next week
Don
More smoke! More mirrors!
fritz42_male
Senior Member
Dippy
Can't - not enough water around. Winter has been very dry in Perth this year - Perth winters are hell. Cold nights, 19-24c days and clear blue skies. Ahhh why did I ever leave the cold nights, 19-24C, grey sky SUMMERS of Wales!
John West (like Tuna do you?)
Hurry too much and get a connection wrong and you'll get all the smoke you want.
Can't help with the mirrors though.
Can't - not enough water around. Winter has been very dry in Perth this year - Perth winters are hell. Cold nights, 19-24c days and clear blue skies. Ahhh why did I ever leave the cold nights, 19-24C, grey sky SUMMERS of Wales!
John West (like Tuna do you?)
Hurry too much and get a connection wrong and you'll get all the smoke you want.
Can't help with the mirrors though.